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Enhanced Taskforce Green approved for Buller and Southern Tasman Districts

A flood-ravaged cow shed in Inangahua Valley, West Coast.

The Government has activated Enhanced Taskforce Green (ETFG) in response to flooding in the Buller and southern Tasman districts.

Support for North Island farmers

Rural Communities Minister Damien O'Connor.

The recent severe weather that left a trail of damage across the North Island has now been classified as a medium-scale adverse event, unlocking further Government support for farmers and growers hit by recent storms.

Adverse event classified

An adverse event has been declared across the North Island in the aftermath of ex-tropical Cyclone Dovi.

Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has classified severe weather that left a trail of damage across the North Island as a medium-scale adverse event.

Farmer prohibited from owning or managing cattle and sheep for 10 years

A farmer has been banned from owning or exercising authority over cattle and sheep for 10 years after he failed to adequately feed cattle.

A farmer who failed to adequately feed cattle, treat worms and tend to ill and injured cattle, has been fined and banned from owning or managing animals for a decade.

Climate Commission to host session on advice to Government

The Climate Change Commission will host a zoom session on it's advice to Government on the topic of emissions trading.

As farmers are consulted on the two He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) emissions pricing proposals, the Climate Change Commission will be holding a Zoom session on the advice they will provide to the Government.

Expo good to go

The East Coast Farming Expo will be held on 23-24 February at the Wairoa A&P Showgrounds.

It is all go for next week’s East Coast Farming Expo, albeit with plenty of attention on ensuring everyone is kept safe.

Made in Northland: Hansen Products

Hansen Products produces a range of fittings, valves and other products including the Irripod portable irrigation system, washdown nozzles.

New Zealand has a wealth of design and manufacturing ability, producing productive and cost-effective products for the agricultural sector. Mark Daniel takes a closer look at Northland-based Hansen Products, catching up with managing director Steve Sharpe.

70% less soil moved!

The KultiStrip is a one-pass cultivator-fertiliser machine that encompasses a strip-till system to help reduce cultivation costs, aid plant establishment and ensure yields.

Kverneland distributor Power Farming says its KultiStrip System will help farmers to cultivate environmentally, while improving yields and profitability.

Double bale feeder engineered for a hard life

The McIntosh Double Bale Feeder has a 315mm overhang from the tyre edge to the outside of the bale feeder frame, meaning feed is never run over and pushed into the ground and wasted.

Palmerston North's McIntosh has a reputation for building feed equipment that’s of robust construction, features clever engineering and a has long working life.

Farmers focus on sustainability

Manawatu dairy farmers Wendy and Richard Ridd say they were attracted to the Massey Ferguson 6713 S because it would allow us to do multiple tasks in one pass, saving time and the environment.

Manawatu dairy farmers Wendy and Richard Ridd consider the environment extensively when making decisions on their farm that runs to 260 hectares, with a milking platform of 196 cows.